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he hopes in particular to ease the tax burden on export-driven businesses. >> we are going to implement structural reforms with even greater force and adopt new measures to stimulate growth. our priority is to reduce youth unemployment, and we are already cooperating with unions and businesses to achieve this. >> there's mounting frustration on the streets. unemployment in the country has risen to 26%. half of young people are out of work. but the eu has signaled it is willing to relax rules on spain, which could help soften the austerity measures apparently crippling the country. >> germany may be about to drop its objections to bailing out cyprus. despite misgivings about reports of money laundering by the island's thanks. >> a number of politicians in germany have accused separate banks of holding significant illegal deposits with russian money, something they deny. they had threatened to refuse to finalize a bailout unless the country clean up -- clint of its act, but berlin is reported to have relented after pressure from other eurozone countries. cyprus needs about 17.5 billion eu
he hopes in particular to ease the tax burden on export-driven businesses. >> we are going to implement structural reforms with even greater force and adopt new measures to stimulate growth. our priority is to reduce youth unemployment, and we are already cooperating with unions and businesses to achieve this. >> there's mounting frustration on the streets. unemployment in the country has risen to 26%. half of young people are out of work. but the eu has signaled it is willing to...
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i'm a citizen and pay taxes. i do not understand why i should be a second-class citizen. >> they were among the demonstrators. they cannot understand what anyone would have to fear from same-sex couples being given equal status with heterosexual couples. >> people say they are not homophobic, but they are against homosexuals. >> you hear stuff like that all the time. i do not understand any of this. this bill will not change anything in the minds of heterosexual. damage to c1 >> the dutch were once a proud seafaring nation, and over the centuries, they have become skillful at finding ways of living close to water. they've had to. almost half of the country lies below sea level, but the dutch have managed to keep their feet dry, thanks to a clever system of channels, bridges, and levees across the country. what is considered the oldest city in the netherlands was built on the banks of a river that was and still is good for trade, but it also makes the town very susceptible to rising water levels brought on by clim
i'm a citizen and pay taxes. i do not understand why i should be a second-class citizen. >> they were among the demonstrators. they cannot understand what anyone would have to fear from same-sex couples being given equal status with heterosexual couples. >> people say they are not homophobic, but they are against homosexuals. >> you hear stuff like that all the time. i do not understand any of this. this bill will not change anything in the minds of heterosexual. damage to c1...
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unemployment, and she said she will be working together with cameron 2 stock corporations avoiding taxes. >> two very different approaches, but which went down better at davos? our correspondent has more. >> angela merkel can be joyful and comical. today, she was not. she was serious while cameron was casual, full of british humor, selling himself and his country, he even got applause during his speech, and although most people here criticized sharply his plans for a referendum, he did not say a lot about this topic today. he sold it as his duty to deliver the referendum to the british citizens. in contrast, angela merkel did not try to be entertaining. she emphasized the common interests of britain and the european union, like structural reforms, free trade agreement with the united states, and make europe more competitive, obviously trying to deal with a new conflict as coolly as possible, a strategy that has brought her a lot of success in the last years. thursday was the day of cameron and merkel. now everybody is heading to one of the numerous parties if they have enough energy, and
unemployment, and she said she will be working together with cameron 2 stock corporations avoiding taxes. >> two very different approaches, but which went down better at davos? our correspondent has more. >> angela merkel can be joyful and comical. today, she was not. she was serious while cameron was casual, full of british humor, selling himself and his country, he even got applause during his speech, and although most people here criticized sharply his plans for a referendum, he...
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i'm a citizen and pay taxes. i do not understand why i should be a second-class citizen. >> they were among the demonstrators. they cannot understand what anyone would have to fear from same-sex couples being given equal status with heterosexual couples. >> people say they are not homophobic, but they are against homosexuals. >> you hear stuff like that all the time. i do not understand any of this. this bill will not change anything in the minds of heterosexual. damage to c >> the dutch were once a proud seafaring nation, and over the centuries, they have become skillful at finding ways of living close to water. they've had to. almost half of the country lies below sea level, but the dutch have managed to keep their feet dry, thanks to a clever system of channels, bridges, and levees across the country. what is considered the oldest city in the netherlands was built on the banks of a river that was and still is good for trade, but it also makes the town very susceptible to rising water levels brought on by clima
i'm a citizen and pay taxes. i do not understand why i should be a second-class citizen. >> they were among the demonstrators. they cannot understand what anyone would have to fear from same-sex couples being given equal status with heterosexual couples. >> people say they are not homophobic, but they are against homosexuals. >> you hear stuff like that all the time. i do not understand any of this. this bill will not change anything in the minds of heterosexual. damage to c...
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as you can see, even if you have got all the tax increases, the president got all the tax increases that he wanted, this represents this line right here, it still doesn't come anywhere close to dealing with the spending that is going to explode in the out years if we don't do something to reign that in by reforming many of these programs that i just mentioned. if we're going to save and protect social security and medicare for future generations, we have to reform those programs in a way that doesn't create this huge red line that spikes into the future and literally bankrupts the country. in fact, social security ran a cash deficit in 2010. medicare, we're told by the actuaries, will be insolvent by the year 2024, and in fact in the hospital portion of the medicare trust fund we're told may be insolvent by the year 2016. so these are important dates to remember, because those are the dates at which the revenue coming in from the payroll taxes that support social security and medicare no longer pay for the benefits that are paid out to beneficiaries. and so, you know, we have got this so
as you can see, even if you have got all the tax increases, the president got all the tax increases that he wanted, this represents this line right here, it still doesn't come anywhere close to dealing with the spending that is going to explode in the out years if we don't do something to reign that in by reforming many of these programs that i just mentioned. if we're going to save and protect social security and medicare for future generations, we have to reform those programs in a way that...
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increases that are comes into play, the obama care tax increase and increase on incomes higher than $400,000 a year in earnings, you know, that's going to create some drag. but, you know, i get a sense, kelly, when we do our own analysis at hamilton play strategies, we think that the u.s. economy will be able to power through that this year, even with the -- even with the drag. so, you know, solid growth, but certainly not matching some of the euphoria that we've seen in the last couple of months. >> it's extraordinary because if you say this is a 1.5% drag which is roughly some of the estimates i've seen lately on this and where gdp is almost in the 2.5% range that would suggest we're somewhere in the growth of 1.4%. you could understand why markets are doing better. but unfortunately the what could have or should have doesn't matter too much. if it's the opposite, it will be are reminder of how growth was in the fourth quarter. >> i think the ee zester and the tax increases will take the top off of growth. i think we would have been looking at a very good year, very strong year if
increases that are comes into play, the obama care tax increase and increase on incomes higher than $400,000 a year in earnings, you know, that's going to create some drag. but, you know, i get a sense, kelly, when we do our own analysis at hamilton play strategies, we think that the u.s. economy will be able to power through that this year, even with the -- even with the drag. so, you know, solid growth, but certainly not matching some of the euphoria that we've seen in the last couple of...
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i went out of france for tax reasons. you know that. spain might be even more trying to reduce its public deficit over the next couple of years. european officials will not make a decision until next month when they will assess the spanish austerity program on the 22nd of january. it was explained that europe information would have to take into account the growth prospect of the fiscal space for each country in europe and could, indeed, soften the spanish deficit target if the economy continues to contract. that's precisely what we are expecting because for the fourth quarter, we are expecting the spanish gdp to shrink by 0.4%. for the time being, spain has a deficit target of 4.5% for 2013. that seems to be really ambitious if not out of reach. because to meet this new target, the government would need to find $20 billion of additional euro cut. that won't help the spanish economy to go out of recession. for that reason, oli rehn thinks spain will need some incentive from stimulus measure toes improve its economy and boost its labor ma
i went out of france for tax reasons. you know that. spain might be even more trying to reduce its public deficit over the next couple of years. european officials will not make a decision until next month when they will assess the spanish austerity program on the 22nd of january. it was explained that europe information would have to take into account the growth prospect of the fiscal space for each country in europe and could, indeed, soften the spanish deficit target if the economy continues...
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boehner said we're not going to raise taxes on the american people, blah, blah blah. here we go again. i saw an interesting thing in the "new york times" yesterday. this is not enough revenue to -- you know -- the president what we got in the last fiscal cliff, right? >> yeah, $700 billion over ten years. >> stephanie: but the point is and we can say it over and over people do not want the safety nets cut. this -- this piece said citizens of other advanced nations appear to agree it is worth the price. americans have been more hostile toward taxation than other countries. there's pew poll almost two to one it was more important to avoid cuts in social security payments, and this for everybody. 74% of american oppose shorter days or more crowded classrooms. clearly americans value government services. we may welcome an opportunity to save them. what do you think about all of that? >> i think it's very accurate. the american people basically want to do everything -- they want to eat everything drink everything they want to drink, smoke everything they want to smoke, and
boehner said we're not going to raise taxes on the american people, blah, blah blah. here we go again. i saw an interesting thing in the "new york times" yesterday. this is not enough revenue to -- you know -- the president what we got in the last fiscal cliff, right? >> yeah, $700 billion over ten years. >> stephanie: but the point is and we can say it over and over people do not want the safety nets cut. this -- this piece said citizens of other advanced nations appear...
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i do not think we can continue to tax the american economy, it is about prioritizing spending. i am a fiscal conservative. but we have to get our spending under control. will utilize your position to approach the president to work with us in good faith -- will you utilize your position to approach the president to work with us in good faith? >> i spent six months on the supercommittee. i put enormous amounts of hope and energy towards us getting a grand deal. there was a very hard line, not negotiating position that prevented us from being able to come to an agreement, which incidentally, we just came to. but we came to it with far less on the table and far less accomplished than we would have if we came to it six months or year ago. i certainly will weigh in on that to the degree that it has an impact on my ability to do my job and the ability of the state department to be able to do its job. we cannot reduce the funding for some of these initiatives the we are engaged in without great cost to our ability to be able to help american business, help create jobs, and help strengt
i do not think we can continue to tax the american economy, it is about prioritizing spending. i am a fiscal conservative. but we have to get our spending under control. will utilize your position to approach the president to work with us in good faith -- will you utilize your position to approach the president to work with us in good faith? >> i spent six months on the supercommittee. i put enormous amounts of hope and energy towards us getting a grand deal. there was a very hard line,...
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they started out with a $6.-- 6.2% social security taxes. they are mandate labeling mandate for for each $1 increase in the minimum wage. that's nearly $25,000 per year. they have paid sick leave mandates and not re-litigated any issues. i'm saying for you're operating a business, those are some of the mandates you start out paying, and we have to be careful about thinking about new ones. there's the health care mandates coming on, again, not to re-litigate them, if i were the owner of that twenty fast food restaurants, they tell me that they offer health care to their 542 employees, only 34 take it. if nothing changed next year, that is with the health care law didn't go in to effect, they would be spending $94,000 on health care under the health care law. if they opt to pay the penalty they'll be spending a million dollars instead of 94. that exceeds the net profit for the year 2013. if they were decide themselves to continue to offer health care, their cost would be between $400 ,000 and $1.4 million. you can apply the same sort of reason
they started out with a $6.-- 6.2% social security taxes. they are mandate labeling mandate for for each $1 increase in the minimum wage. that's nearly $25,000 per year. they have paid sick leave mandates and not re-litigated any issues. i'm saying for you're operating a business, those are some of the mandates you start out paying, and we have to be careful about thinking about new ones. there's the health care mandates coming on, again, not to re-litigate them, if i were the owner of that...
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i do not think we can continue to tax the american economy. it is about prioritizing spending. i am a fiscal conservative it. we have to get our spending under control. will you utilize your position to encourage the president to work with us and good faith to solve the debt and deficit issue? >> i spent six months or five months as a member of the super committee. i put an enormous amount of energy and help that we would be able to get the big bargain, granted deal. i am not here to go through all the details what we did not. there was a very hard line, not negotiating position that prevented us from being able to come to an agreement which, incidentally, she we just came to. we can do it with far less on the table and far less accomplished that we would have if we can to the agreement six months ago or one year ago. my hope is, yes, i will weigh in on that to a degree that it has an impact on my ability to do my job and the ability of the state department to do its job. we cannot reduce the funding for some of these initiatives that we are engaged in without great cost to our
i do not think we can continue to tax the american economy. it is about prioritizing spending. i am a fiscal conservative it. we have to get our spending under control. will you utilize your position to encourage the president to work with us and good faith to solve the debt and deficit issue? >> i spent six months or five months as a member of the super committee. i put an enormous amount of energy and help that we would be able to get the big bargain, granted deal. i am not here to go...
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i will not quiz you on 841, so you can take a deep breath. 841 is designed to protect americans' tax dollars from corrupt contracts that the to benefit the enemy. we are working in provisions that will make more effective the procedures for terminating those contracts, getting back american dollars, extending those protections to non-defense dollars, and i hope that we can have your commitment to work with us on that area. >> you have that commitment. i will enthusiastically work with you in this area. >> thank you. i appreciate your frank and forthright answers, and i do not know whether i will be here for the second round of questioning, but i want to express my sincere gratitude to you for your willingness to serve and your patience and forthrightness in entering all our questions. thank you. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. >> thank you, senator hagel, for being here today and thank you for your service to this country. it is good to see your wife and brothers behind you as an indication of the family commitment as well as your personal commitment. there are several things i may
i will not quiz you on 841, so you can take a deep breath. 841 is designed to protect americans' tax dollars from corrupt contracts that the to benefit the enemy. we are working in provisions that will make more effective the procedures for terminating those contracts, getting back american dollars, extending those protections to non-defense dollars, and i hope that we can have your commitment to work with us on that area. >> you have that commitment. i will enthusiastically work with you...